Tuesday 9th July 2024
10:00 am - 3:10pm
Virtual Conference
The Student Mental Health Implementation Toolkit will offer the latest insights and research into how to build your university’s impact in improving outcomes for students facing mental health risks.
You will examine the next steps in coordinating joined-up services, designing a holistic mentally healthy environment and explore how to deliver successful interventions across the student lifecycle.
This ‘toolkit’ conference will also provide you with fresh ideas for your team on managing student anxiety, working with academics, supporting disclosure and auditing your NHS partnerships.
Objectives
Assess how to review and optimise partnerships with external partners to support successful collaboration
Evaluate key learning points from the University Mental Health Charter and how your institution can drive continuous improvement
Discover approaches to working with academics and embedding mental health practice into the learning environment
Explore new research and ideas on delivering impactful mental health interventions
Warning: The following agenda contains references to suicide and mental health.
If you need help please contact 0800 068 41 41 for Hopeline247 or Samaritans on 116 123.
Headline Speakers
Yeme Onoabhagbe
Interim CEO
Student Minds
Ashley Cave
Mental Health Advisor
University of Sunderland
Dr Mark Shanahan
Co-Founder
The LEARN Network
Agenda
10:00 am
Chair’s Welcome Address and State of the Sector
Jane Harris
Chair, Mental Wellbeing in Higher Education Expert Group (MWBHE)
Co-Director of Student Welfare and Support Services and Head of Counselling, University of Oxford (CONFIRMED)
10:30 am
5 Action Points for Successful Implementation: University Mental Health Charter Framework
Building on insights from hundred of conversations, submissions and practice reviews, this session will examine what is working in developing an impactful whole-university approach as part of the University Mental Health Charter Framework. The session will explore practical steps on:
Leadership, policy development and strategic direction
The design and delivery of external partnerships and pathways
Transitions across the student lifecycle and identifying risk
Successful interventions and the route to a long-term mentally healthy environment
Yeme Onoabhagbe
Interim CEO
Student Minds (CONFIRMED)
11:10 am
The University of Sheffield: Our Charter Experience
This session will set out the University of Sheffield’s approach to engaging with the Student Mental Health Charter. It will showcase an example of a resulting development as a direct result of the recommendations from our assessor’s report. It will highlight the opportunities and challenges faced in engaging with the Charter and will offer a comment on how the Charter has shaped the University's approach to student mental health, including the benefits of developing a collaborative learning relationship with Student Minds.
Louise Knowles
Head of Mental Health and Psychological Therapy Services
The University of Sheffield (CONFIRMED)
11:40 am
Break
12:10 pm
A Duty of Care? Next Steps for Improving Mental Health Safeguarding for all Students
Examining the existing statutory expectations on universities and exploring calls for a duty of care in higher education
Can the higher education sector be bolder on standards set in meeting the general duty of care?
Dr Mark Shanahan
Co-Founder
The LEARN Network (CONFIRMED)
12:30 pm
Insights on Interventions for Mental Health in Hindu and South Asian Communities
Chaitanya Pankhania
Head of Counselling & Mental Health
University of Hertfordshire (CONFIRMED)
12:50 pm
Break
1:40 pm
What Does Impactful Partnership Working Look Like in Practice?
Liz Kearton
Deputy Director of Student Support (Student Mental Health)
University of Bath (CONFIRMED)
2:10 pm
Acting on Anxiety: How Do We Know? How Do We Intervene?
Supporting students to understand and manage anxiety
When can anxiety become an increased mental health risk?
How can university professionals and support teams identify and intervene for students suffering with anxiety?
Tools and approaches for preventing and reducing anxiety
Ashley Cave
Mental Health Advisor
University of Sunderland (CONFIRMED)
2:40 pm
Unlocking the Barriers to Student Disclosure
Supporting the decision-making process for students on disclosing mental health conditions to a university
Challenging concerns over academic progress or success when disclosing a condition
Overcoming the risk of students feeling their mental health difficulties wouldn’t reach the threshold for help
Examining why certain cohorts of students don’t ask for help or use support services at all
How do processes and approaches to student engagement need to change to support a more inclusive and open approach to disclosure?
Dr Rachel Spacey
Policy and Engagement Officer
University Mental Health Advisors Network (CONFIRMED)
Conference Close
3:10 pm
* Programme subject to change
Audience
This conference is designed for all those engaged in mental health provision across the higher education sector. Those in attendance will include:
Heads of Student Mental Health
Student Support & Engagement Managers
Mental Health Advisors
Counsellors
Directors of Student Services
Directors of Student Support
Heads of Student Wellbeing
Heads of Student Life
Heads of Student Experience
Pricing
Public Sector
£345 + VAT
Attendance to Student Mental Health 2024
Private Sector
£395 + VAT
Attendance to Student Mental Health 2024
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